COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBamberg’s speciality, a dark, bottom fermented smokebeer, brewed with Original Schlenkerla Smokemalt from the Schlenkerla maltings and tapped according to old tradition directly from the gravity-fed oakwood cask in the historical brewery tavern.

Very nice. The smoke and oak notes are really enoyable, just how I like a smoked beer. A bit too light bodied for my taste though, on the other hand pretty easy to drink. Overall a very characterful beer.

Aroma has smoke. Smoke and vanilla. The smoky flavor is slightly woody in its character. Flavor is nice and smooth with a nice mouthfeel. Flavor has a smoky caramely character. Slight bacon, very moreish. Very nicely balanced. Not too much smoke. I’d buy this again!

The aroma is pronounced smoky and somewhat reminiscent of good smoked sausage or smoked eel. Maybe not so nice when you associate it with beer. The foam is nice and persistent and as a whole exudes the high quality. It tastes quite short of something malt sweetness, but the smoke soon takes over with and light hoppy aftertaste is also in the end, but a smoky sensation left in the mouth. It tastes really quite fine. I think that more than one Schlenkerla being too sickly to enjoy.

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